Song Dynasty

Chapter 18
It can't go on like this, it can't go on like this!
A voice yelled in his heart, Wang Shen hurriedly pushed An Niang, and shouted: "Go back to the warehouse, go back quickly, this is not the place for you to stay."

He didn't care about her, so he turned his head and shouted loudly to everyone: "Stop, put on your armor, and line up! Don't shoot arrows without my order!"

But still no one listened to him, Wang Shen was furious, raised the knife, turned the back of the knife to the soldiers and whipped it wildly.

After everyone was beaten by him, they became quieter.

But Lu Can kept shouting, "Kill, kill, kill!"

There are two voices in the team, two commanders, and no one knows who to listen to.

"Yes, yes, Zhiniang thief, stop fighting. Put on your armor, line up, and listen to the king's command." Gu Lie is an old soldier, and he immediately came to his senses.In a hurry, several soldiers rushed forward.Together with Wang Shen, there was a burst of punching and kicking, and finally got everyone to put on the armor.But the team was still chaotic, and it was impossible to set up a good formation for a while.

The footsteps of "Boom" became louder, and the yellow dust rolled in.The rebel army had already reached a place three hundred steps away from the supply camp.The dust rustled on the man's head and armor, choking him so much that he just wanted to cough.Amidst the yellow, one could see the crowds of people dimly and vaguely. There were too many people to count.

The contrast between strength and weakness was too great, all the Huaixi soldiers were trembling, their hands were shaking so much that they couldn't wind up, and their eyes were full of despair.

In the chaos, there was a long whistle from a bandit, and dozens of black lights rushed from the dust wave and landed on the Huaixi army, there was a jingling sound, followed by several screams, and someone fell down.

This is the thief's archer, and Wang Shen is standing at the front of the team at this time.He was wearing a well-made armor as an officer's attire, and naturally became the most valuable target.

The rain of arrows changed direction and came like lightning.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Shen didn't care about the many things, he kicked An Niang beside him, and kicked her to the ground.

At this moment, there was a loud noise on his body, followed by a slight tingling pain.Looking intently, he was shot by an arrow in the chest, abdomen, and shoulder.

Wang Shen felt cold: It's over, it's over, am I going to die?I have only traveled to the Song Dynasty for two days, two days!
In the midst of despair, the arrow on his body was crooked and fell from the armor.

It turned out that the iron armor he was wearing was the infantry armor of the elite infantry of the Western Army. It weighed about forty kilograms and was made of cold forged steel sheets.A person with poor health would be panting badly after wearing this kind of armor for a short walk, but how sturdy it would look.The thief's bow and arrow shot at it, just like tickling it.

When it comes to piercing armor, you can only use the divine arm bow and rely on blunt weapons such as bones and caltrops.

In real history, when Yang Zaixing died for his country in Xiaoshanghe, he leaned on his iron armor to carry the Jurchen's strong bow and crossbow, and was shot to death by countless arrows.Later, the Jin army got his body, and after burning it, they got as many as two liters of arrowheads.From this we can see how sophisticated the iron armor of the Song Dynasty was.

Figured this out, Wang Shen was overjoyed, and kicked the soldier who had been hit by an arrow and fell to the ground and screamed: "Get up, it's just a skin trauma, and he won't die."

"The thief's arrows won't hurt us, line up, line up!" Gu Lie was also hit by an arrow in the chest, he stretched out his hand and snapped the shaft of the arrow all over his body, then raised the scabbard and lashed at his hand: "Stand still, Straight mother thief, coward!"

While Lu Can was still screaming, An Niang was kicked by Wang Shen and rolled around on the ground, just beside him.

What an An Niang, she is Yue Fei's eldest daughter after all, she knows that it is not an option to let him keep shouting like this, and the morale of the army will be disturbed by him.Feeling anxious, he suddenly took out a piece of bread from his bosom, and stuffed it firmly into Lu Can's mouth.

The bandit army was still two hundred steps away from the supply camp.

As soon as Wang Shen gritted his teeth, he didn't care too much, holding the knife in both hands, ready to meet the enemy's first wave of offensive.Gu Lie and two of his own soldiers were also standing beside him with their weapons in their hands. They would be the courage of the army. In a critical moment, they could only rely on the courage and blood of the officers to stabilize the battle.

However, several people looked at each other with frustration in their eyes.One day of planning, one day of training, and in the end it was still a mess.The troops are in chaos, all they need is a charge, and everyone present will die here.

"It's over!" a soldier whispered mournfully.

Gu Lie: "Damn it, let's fight one by one! Serving as a soldier eats food, and food serves as a soldier. Sooner or later, this day will come. Hold your chest up, and don't lose face to us Qin Fengjun."

The enemy's arrows kept coming, falling on them, jingling, and sparks flying up could be vaguely seen.

Probably knowing that bows and arrows are useless, and the opponent's archer was also tired, the rain of arrows stopped.

With an order, the advancing thief army did not take the opportunity to attack, but miraculously stopped.

The dust is still falling, but the situation on the other side can already be seen clearly.

A lot of people, old and young, men and women.Some were wearing leather armor and carrying spears and big knives; others were dressed in rags, holding hoes, wooden sticks, and kitchen knives in their hands, and some were simply holding a stone.In fact, there are very few people with decent weapons, more of them are the latter.These should be the refugees that Li Yu threatened all the way after he fled from Shandong to Huaixi.

Countless people crowded together, pushed each other, and rolled in, like bees returning to their nests, making one's scalp numb.

Just when Wang Shen, Gu Lie and the others were puzzled, two thieves in the team over there came out protecting a leader who looked like a leader with a shield, and shouted: "Listen, people on the other side, we are Li Yu from Jinan!" King Li's former army had hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers who came to seize the treasury. The wise ones put down their weapons immediately, opened the door of the treasury, and bowed their heads to capture you. This way, you will be left with a whole body. Otherwise, once I fall into my hands, it will cost thousands of knives. Cut you!"

Wang Shen quietly drew out his step bow, set up an arrow, and wanted to kill him with the arrow.But after thinking about it, 200 meters is too far away, that person looks like a small black spot, and he can't see clearly at all.The step bow can't shoot that far at all, even if you shoot it in front of you, it will be the end of your strength.

The man was still shouting: "I will give you a stick of incense time." After finishing speaking, he returned triumphantly to the crowd surrounded by two card players.

Gu Lie shook his head: "This man's brain is broken, and he even gave us a stick of incense time to reorganize the army. If it were me, I would never give the enemy a chance to breathe. Do you know the art of war? A cat or a dog can also be a general .”

Wang Shen snorted: "This person must be an idiot. Since he is persuading him to surrender, he said that once he surrenders, he will leave me with a dead body. Doesn't this force me to wait desperately? It's purely insane!"

When he smiled, the others laughed too.The tense atmosphere just now was swept away, and the hands of the soldiers stopped shaking.

Wang Shen turned his head and smiled at the crowd: "Everyone can see the thieves on the opposite side clearly. Although there are many people, they are all vulnerable refugees, and they are all fools. There is nothing to be afraid of. Everyone line up and watch me teach them What is the real battle method? One day, one day later. As long as you survive, after returning to Tianchang County, I will treat guests to drink, and I will count how much you drink."

The time for one stick of incense was not long, but it was enough for more than 200 soldiers of the supply battalion to restore order.

The troops lined up in four rows, and at the same time they wound up the strings, holding the god-arm bows in their hands.Yes, the enemy chief has made it clear just now that even if he surrenders, he will inevitably die.Anyway, it's a word of death, and I have to hold someone back when I'm dying.

The time for a stick of incense passed quickly, and the thieves over there saw that Wang Shen and the others hadn't put down their weapons and came to die, and at the same time uttered a cry, and rushed forward desperately.

"Burn it!"

"Kill it!"

"Let these Shaanxi bastards know how powerful we are!"

"Liu Guangshi's bastards, your time of death has arrived!"

……

Then, the enemy's arrows came again, one after another splashed on the soldiers of the supply camp, landed on the helmets and shoulders of the soldiers, and then bounced to the side.

Wang Shen stood in the middle of the first team with his hand held, and shouted: "Steady, steady, don't shoot without my order, don't shoot!"

Gu Lie and the other two captains were also shouting: "Don't shoot, don't shoot!"

The shouts and footsteps on the opposite side were louder, but even louder were the panting sounds of the soldiers around.

Wang Shen looked back and saw that everyone was breathing in with their mouths wide open, their chests heaving violently.A civilian husband of about fifteen or sixteen years old held a crossbow in his hand, and his feet trembled unsteadily.

He picked up the half-grown child and shouted loudly, "Are you scared?"

"I, I... I..." The child grinned as if he was about to cry.

"Close your eyes, you won't be afraid if you don't see anything! Don't think about anything, don't look at anything, just follow my orders." Wang Shen chuckled, and suddenly roared into his ear, "Close your eyes."

The child shuddered and closed his eyes in fright.

At this time, Wang Shen's voice sounded again: "The enemy is a hundred steps away from me, hold on, hold on, hold on...the first team, get ready...fifty steps away...the first team, raise your crossbow! "

"Raise the crossbow!" More than 50 crossbowmen in the first team repeated Wang Shen's words at the same time.

Wang Shen: "Shoot!"

"Shoot!" There was another roar.

The child subconsciously pulled the hanging knife, only to feel a shock in his body, and the arrow left the string.The "hum" of the bowstring in the ear is connected together.

Before they had time to think about it, another order came: "Team one, sit down!"

"sit!"

The child sat down on his ass.

At the same time, Gu Lie's voice came from behind: "Second team, shoot!"

"shoot!"

Stronger wind noise.

However, there were no screams, no shouts of killing, and there were rumbling footsteps in my ears.

The child wondered: Did the shot miss?
So people couldn't help opening their eyes and looking forward.

In the dust ahead, the bandit army kept rushing forward, as if no one was hit by the arrow.

what on earth is it?

But Wang Shen's voice still sounded impersonal, like a bell: "Team one, wind up!"

The soldiers who were already sitting on the ground stretched their feet into the ring at the front end of the divine arm bow, and at the same time shouted: "String up" and put the bowstring on the hook teeth.

At the same moment, the second team behind them shouted loudly: "Second team, sit down!"

"The third team, let go!"

Another row of arrows rained out, and now the child could see clearly.The vigorous crossbow arrows did not fail, but shot into the bodies of the thieves in the front row without exception.

In fact, there are too many bandits on the opposite side, and the formation is dense. It can be said that everyone is crowded.There is no need to aim, just shoot the arrow at hand, and you can easily hit a target.

But the power of the god arm crossbow is too great, once it hits the unarmored bandit army, it shoots straight through.

The enemies in the front row were already dead after being hit by three rounds of volleys, but because the people behind were still swarming up, they couldn't stand for a while, and were still being pushed forward.

"Fourth team, shoot!"

……

Finally, a row of thieves fell down.

The people behind stopped suddenly and looked at the front blankly. They probably still couldn't figure out how the person in front died inexplicably.

It wasn't until he saw the corpses all over the ground and the arrow stones flying like rain, that he uttered a loud cry at the same time, turned around and fled desperately.

(End of this chapter)